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The Knox Historical Museum closed to the public March 31, 2023, temporarily, due to the Municipal Building, in which the museum is housed, having scheduled a complete renovation, including removal of all internal structures.
The museum has not closed as an institution and will continue research and genealogy services via e-mail and postal mail, but we are not permitted to have public traffic in our temporary facilities.
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U.S. Postal Service:
Knox Historical Museum
PO Box1446
Barbourville, KY 40906
The Knox Historical Museum needs to move its entire collection.
This temporary move is due to the planned complete renovation of the Barbourville Municipal Building taking place in the spring of 2023 and beyond.
The Knox Historical Museum, Inc. is a 501(c)-3 nonprofit organization that operates from the generous donations of patrons and from the sale of items calendars, books, and other items from its Museum Store.
If you'd like to make a donation to help us with the expenses incurred by the Museum to move its collection, you may make a safe and secure online donation using our PayPal account by clicking on the Donate button below. You do not need to have a PayPal account to make a donation.
You may also make a donation by check. Please make your check payable to Knox Historical Museum and write 'Donation' in the memo line and mail it to:
Knox Historical Museum
PO Box 1446
Barbourville, KY 40906
The Knox Historical Museum continues as always to appreciate our generous donors for their gifts. Your gift will be used for our daily operational purposes and will be classified as unrestricted funds unless otherwise indicated. Donors will be provided with a receipt of their donation and a huge thank you.
Our Museum is staffed by Volunteers and our hours of operations currently are such that our Volunteer staff members are only able to check for Online Orders once per week. Typically on either Tuesday or Thursday.
This means that online orders may not be shipped for up to 10 days after your order is placed. PLEASE give our Volunteer staff the time to process your order and ship it out to you. We will do our best to ship all orders as quickly as possible. Before you ask PayPal for a refund due to non-shipment, please send us an e-mail first to ask about your order's status.
Thank You!
The latest issue of the Knox Countian Magazine - Volume 29, Number 1 - Spring-Summer Edition - is now available to purchase! This issue and future issues will feature full-color content.
Vol. 28 No. 4 Winter 2016
The Fall issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, the Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store.
The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
A summary follows below for Volume 28-3.
Information sought about the Barbourville Brickyard and its employees.
The Knox Historical Museum is in need of photos and information concerning the Barbourville Brickyard from its inception in 1905 until its closing in 1957. The photos and/or information needed include:
Vol. 28 No. 2 2016 Summer Edition
KHM now open on Wednesdays
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
I am wondering whether you know any genealogists who specalize in Knox County? I am looking to have some research done and I don't live nearby. Thank you for your time and effort.
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Hello I would like to talk to someone about volunteering. I moved to the area not to long ago but love history. I work for Knox county ems and i have several days during the week in which I could help. I could explain in more detail about me and my situation if needed. Thank you very much.
I would like to know your days/hours of operation. I plan to visit in mid-July for family history research. Thanks, please advise.
Hello, I was wondering if it would be possible to purchase Volume 3 -1991, all of the articles from that section. If so, how much and how do I complete it? Thanking you in advance.
Great website! I, too, was unaware of the KNOX HISTORICAL MUSEUM WEBSITE. Most of my ancestors lived in Knox County, Ky at one time. I am interested in the Arthur/Bond family ancestry. I hit a brick wall approx 15 years ago, researching my Bond family.